A Quote by James Howard Kunstler

It pays to remember that societies get what they deserve, not what they expect.

James Howard Kunstler

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James Howard Kunstler
American - Author
Born: October 19, 1948

Societies get what they deserve, not what they expect.

James Howard Kunstler

Satan promises the best, but pays with the worst; he promises honor, and pays with disgrace; he promises pleasure, and pays with pain; he promises profit, and pays with loss, he promises life, and pays with death. But God pays as he promises; all his payments are made in pure gold.

Thomas Brooks

People do not get what they want or what they expect from the markets; they get what they deserve.

Bill Bonner

In life, you don't get what you deserve; you get what you believe, plan, and expect.

Bill Bartmann

Crime fiction is the fiction of social history. Societies get the crimes they deserve.

Denise Mina

I expect that all of us get pretty much what we deserve of appreciation.

A. C. Benson

With GG, you don't get what you expect. You get what you deserve.

GG Allin

When you listen to tax-cut rhetoric, remember that giving one class of taxpayer a break requires - now or down the line - that an equivalent burden be imposed on other parties. In other words, if I get a break, someone else pays. Government can't deliver a free lunch to the country as a whole. It can however, determine who pays for lunch.

Warren Buffett

If you've given the greatest effort that you can expect of yourself, you always get what you deserve.

C. Vivian Stringer

We are a little messianic about our comic books! We feel like they deserve to be more legitimate, they deserve to get more attention, they deserve to have better placement, and they deserve to have a broader audience.

Janet Evanovich

We get paid way less than we deserve. We deliver shows and deserve to get paid more. We practically pay to do this. You deserve to get better paid if you sell the fight.

Jose Aldo

It can be argued that rapists deserve to be raped, that mutilators deserve to be mutilated. Most societies, however, refrain from responding in this way because the punishment is not only degrading to those on whom it is imposed, but it is also degrading to the society that engages in the same behavior as the criminals.

Stephen Bright

I think we can expect leaders of Muslim societies to cooperate with each other on many issues just as Western societies cooperate with each other.

Samuel P. Huntington

Natural Giving: Anything we do in life which is not out of that energy, we pay for and everybody else pays for. Anything we do to avoid punishment, everybody pays for. Everything we do for a reward, everybody pays for. Everything we do to make people like us, everybody pays for. Everything we do out of guilt, shame, duty, or obligation, everybody pays for.

Marshall B. Rosenberg

If you're getting way too much than perhaps what you deserve, there's no insecurity. It comes up when you feel 'I expect and deserve much more but I'm not getting it.'